Tambour Battant "Missing Link"

TAMBOUR BATTANT, a plural form of breakbeat (drum & bass, hip-hop, dancehall), brings us the fresh album THE MISSING LINK; a hand-crafted, energetic, cutting edge collection of tracks featuring a myriad of MCs each adding an individual flow. With verses in French and English, the guest MCs (JAMALSKI, YOUTHMAN…) push the style from traditional Jamaican ragga to UK nu-skool.

Having savoured the energy of RATM, the experimentation of Sonic Youth and Jazz music, the hedonism of Daft Punk and the booming beats of hip-hop, it was through parties that Nico and Ben of TAMBOUR BATTANT discovered their passion for the heavy sounds of drum & bass.

Playing and mixing vinyl’s was never an attraction for the duo who were always driven to compose their own rhythms to play live, improvising each performance. TAMBOUR BATTANT is not a group developed by strict electronic production: toying with riffs and gimmicks they manipulate the rigid structure of the music in the same way as jazz musicians.

THE MISSING LINK is the synthesis of four years of live performances: in 17 tracks TAMBOUR BATTANT leaves the confines of pure drum & bass far behind while excellently conserving its most efficient rhythms.


More info, photos, videos and tracks at: www.myspace.com/tambourbattant